Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, Dumebi Kachikwu, has said the victory of the President-Elect, Bola Tinubu, of the All Progressives Congress, in the just-concluded presidential and National Assembly elections was an advantage of a disunited opposition, some of whom were running purely on “the divisive platforms of ethnicity and religion.” He also stated […]

President-Elect Bola Tinubu receiving his Certificate of Return from INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu Seven Peoples Democratic Party-led states, which filed a suit against the Federal Government at the Supreme Court challenging the victory of the President-Elect, Bola Tinubu, at Saturday’s presidential poll, have discontinued the suit. The states – Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, […]

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has disowned a building in Abuja where engineers suspected to be hackers of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, machines belonging to the Independent National Electoral Commission were found. He denied possession of the building in a statement issued on Friday, which he personally signed. The statement […]

Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has hailed the Supreme Court judgement validating old naira notes. He said in a statement which he signed: “The Government and the people of Ondo State received the news of the ruling of the Supreme Court on the punitive implementation of a monetary policy, hurriedly packaged to achieve a pernicious […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has apologised to Nigerians over the cash crunch caused by the naira redesign policy of the Federal Government. The apology came following the abysmal performance of the ruling All Progressives Congress at Saturday’s presidential and national assembly elections in Kaduna state. The president also begged the people of Kaduna State to vote […]

Declares Buhari’s order on new naira invalid The Supreme Court has invalidated the new naira design policy initiated by the Federal Government on the grounds that it was not done with due consultation and in line with constitutional provisions. Following, the apex court ordered that the old naira notes shall continue to be used side […]

Hails El-Rufai, others for fighting The National Vice Chairman (North-West) of the All Progressives Congress, Mallam Salihu Lukman, on Friday called for the resignation of the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele and the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami for misleading the president, Major General Muhammadu Buhari to flout the Supreme […]

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to abide by the judgement of the Supreme Court reversing the controversial naira redesign policy. Last October, with approval from Buhari, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) initiated the redesign of the N200, N500, and N1,000 banknotes, fixing January 31, 2023 as […]

Hails El-Rufai, Bello, Mattawale for challenging FG  The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria to comply with the judgment of the Supreme Court, which nullified the naira redesign and cash withdrawal limit policy of the apex bank. In a statement issued in relation to the judgment […]

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has lauded the Supreme Court judgement extending the validity of the old N200, N500, and N1,000 banknotes by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) till December 31. “It has always been the position of the House of Representatives that despite the noble intentions behind the currency swap […]